Business / Development

IF (by Rudyard Kipling)

Posted by on December 4, 2011 at 9:42 pm

True in sports, business, and life in general: IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being [...]

Some thoughts on Software Patents

Posted by on August 28, 2011 at 8:59 am

I have read a lot of what I consider to be fairly convincing arguments relating to software patents and whether the courts should “allow them” or “ban them”. Before I had the insight I’m going to share below I was definitely a fence hopper, but I think I have finally satisfied myself with an answer. [...]

Got an idea you think Google might be interested in?

Posted by on April 21, 2011 at 6:54 pm

This is probably my shortest post ever, but if you’ve got some sort of idea you think Google might be interested in then you can share the idea with them using the following link. http://www.google.com/support/contact/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=bizdev&rd=1  

lock down you wifi! and an overview of things to come

Posted by on July 18, 2010 at 6:24 am

I had a birthday recently. On my birthday I made a sort of “resolution” to try to write atleast one post per week. This is week 3 (or 4 maybe) after that birthday and I’m just writing the first one. Sounds about right for a resolution, eh? So here’s what I thought I would do. [...]

Do it yourself… atleast once

Posted by on May 4, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Not too long ago my wife and I purchased a new house. Well, actually, there’s nothing new about this house. It’s about 40 years old and full of “issues”. Some of them are purely a product of neglect (it was vacant for almost 2 years prior to our purchasing it), some of them are due [...]

Link checker – Bad neighborhood

Posted by on December 26, 2009 at 9:33 am

I often get requests for me to add links to my sites. Usually it is just someone looking for something simple that will deliver them some relevant traffic. What I have found though is that one should ALWAYS verify that the link destination is okay. It should not be in a bad neighborhood. In addition, [...]

Don’t try to beat the search engine

Posted by on December 26, 2009 at 9:21 am

I just read the following article while I was trying to determine if static named pages are better for seo than those with parameters in the url. I’m always impressed with the things that are returned when I google something. It is often not entirely relevant to what I was looking for, but can be [...]

You must have a plan for revenue

Posted by on August 9, 2009 at 10:59 pm

Starting a business isn’t that hard. Making money with one however can be very difficult. If you’re not making money you’re not really a business owner. Instead, you are a consultant [link to BlogMaverick]. Mark Cuban asserts that what is really important in business is making money. And to make money you need to make sales.   [...]

Success and Motivation (part 6 of 8) – Drowning in opportunity / Winning the battles you are in

Posted by on July 9, 2009 at 9:01 pm

The quoted text below was copied directly from BlogMaverick.com with the permission of Mark Cuban. There are few things more exciting than starting a business and getting things rolling. The fear, the adrenalin, the excitement, the hope that every entrepreneur feels, are all intoxicating. In fact, very often they are TOO intoxicating. Very often, along [...]

Success and Motivation (5 of 8) – You only have to be right once

Posted by on June 12, 2009 at 7:49 am

The quoted text below was copied directly from BlogMaverick.com with the permission of Mark Cuban. You only have to be right once – In basketball you have to shoot 50pct. If you make an extra 10 shots per hundred, you are an All-Star. In baseball you have to get a hit 30 pct of the [...]